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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.265426
Energy at 298.15K-154.268243
HF Energy-153.656868
Nuclear repulsion energy97.380162
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3246 3124        
2 Ag 1514 1457        
3 Ag 1105 1064        
4 Ag 932 897        
5 Au 693 667        
6 Au 471 453        
7 B1g 769 740        
8 B1u 3233 3112        
9 B1u 1543 1485        
10 B1u 1032 993        
11 B2g 507 488        
12 B2u 3215 3094        
13 B2u 1247 1201        
14 B2u 709 683        
15 B3g 3200 3080        
16 B3g 1147 1104        
17 B3g 847 815        
18 B3u 548 528        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12979.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9625) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12492.9 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.54457 0.42119 0.23750

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.683 0.792
C2 0.000 0.683 -0.792
C3 0.000 -0.683 0.792
C4 0.000 -0.683 -0.792
H5 0.000 1.457 1.566
H6 0.000 1.457 -1.566
H7 0.000 -1.457 1.566
H8 0.000 -1.457 -1.566

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.58471.36642.09241.09412.48212.27543.1845
C21.58472.09241.36642.48211.09413.18452.2754
C31.36642.09241.58472.27543.18451.09412.4821
C42.09241.36641.58473.18452.27542.48211.0941
H51.09412.48212.27543.18453.13232.91324.2776
H62.48211.09413.18452.27543.13234.27762.9132
H72.27543.18451.09412.48212.91324.27763.1323
H83.18452.27542.48211.09414.27762.91323.1323

picture of cyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 90.000 C1 C2 H6 135.015
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 134.985
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 135.015
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 134.985
C4 C2 H6 134.985 C4 C3 H7 135.015
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability